2023 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 6
Alex Vera
- Position:
- LHP
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 175
- Hometown:
- Joliet, Ill.
- High School:
- Joliet Catholic
 University of Illinois Graduate |
Career Highs
- Innings pitched: 4.0, vs. Illinois State, April 12, 2022
- Strikeouts: 9 - vs. Illinois State, April 4, 2023
- Walks allowed: 3 - at Bradley, April 25, 2023
- Batters faced: 15 - vs. Illinois State, April 4, 2023
- Field chances: 2, 2x, last - vs. Illinois State, April 12, 2022
- Assists: 2, vs. Illinois State, April 12, 2022
- Runners CS: 1, vs. Western Carolina, February 21, 2020
Redshirt Junior - 2023
- Went 1-1 with a 5.74 ERA (20 ER/31.1 IP) in 20 relief appearances...struck out 33 batters compared to 10 walks issued.
- His 20 appearances were third-most on the team.
- His 33 strikeouts were fifth-most among Illini relievers.
- Worked a season-high 3.2 innings on April 4 vs. Illinois State and whiffed a career-high nine batters.
- Did not allow an earned run in his first 8.0 innings of work on the season, spanning five games.
Sophomore - 2022
- Went 0-0 with a 4.18 ERA (11 ER/23.2 IP) in 16 relief appearances
- Posted the second-lowest ERA on the team among relief pitchers with at least 15 appearances
- Fanned a total of16 batters, a personal-best mark for season strikeouts
- Worked a career-high 4.0 innings on April 12 vs. Illinois State
- Set a career-high with three strikeouts on March 19 at Southern Illinois; Later matched on May 19 at Penn State
- Ended the season on a 6.0 inning scoreless streak, spanning five games
Freshman - 2021
- Appeared in 12 games out of the bullpen
- 0-0, 3.94 ERA (16.0 IP, 7 ER), 7 BB, 12 SO;
- Second lowest ERA on the team
- Three outings of 2.0+ IP and 0 runs allowed
Freshman - 2020 (COVID-19 Shortened)
- Appeared in three games out of the bullpen
High School
- No. 7 left-handed pitcher in Illinois by Prep Baseball Report
- No. 19 recruit in Illinois by Perfect game and No. 58 by Prep Baseball Report
- No. 470 recruit in the nation by Perfect Game
- Played for head coach Jared Voss at Joliet Catholic
- 2019 All-ESCC
- 2019 All-WJOL Tournament
- 2019 all-area first team
- 2018 all-area second team
- 6-2, 2.64 ERA, 72 SO as a senior
- 7-0, 0.64 ERA as a junior
Personal
- Born July 12, 2001
- Son of Rigo Vera and Jennifer Alamillo
- Two brothers, Tony and Ricky, and one sister, Eva
- Plans to major in human nutrition
- Chose Illinois because, "of the awesome feeling I got when I visited the campus and the coaching staff and baseball culture here was just awesome."
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